Potomac Institute for Policy Studies Senior Fellow Dan Gallington, Esq., is a security and legal expert who has served as Chief Counsel to the National Commission for the Review of the National Reconnaissance Office; bi-partisan General Counsel to the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence; Deputy Counsel for Intelligence Policy at the Department of Justice; and Legal Advisor for Intelligence Oversight in the Office of the Secretary of Defense, among other positions.  In a recent column, he writes about ways in which "civilized" societies struggle to define acceptable standards of justice and punishment, even as they condemn harsh punishments meted out by legal systems in other countries. Click below to read the article in full.